diff --git a/c_check b/c_check
index d20010265..c8424ee29 100755
--- a/c_check
+++ b/c_check
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Checking cross compile
-hostos="$(uname -s | sed -e 's/\-.*//')"
-hostarch="$(uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/x86/')"
+hostos=`uname -s | sed -e 's/\-.*//'`
+hostarch=`uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/x86/'`
 if [ "$hostos" = "AIX" ] || [ "$hostos" = "SunOS" ]; then
-    hostarch="$(uname -p)"
+    hostarch=`uname -p`
 fi
 case "$hostarch" in
     amd64) hostarch=x86_64 ;;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ flags="$*"
 
 # First, we need to know the target OS and compiler name
 {
-    data=$($compiler_name $flags -E ctest.c)
+    data=`$compiler_name $flags -E ctest.c`
 } || {
     printf '%s\n' "C Compiler ($compiler_name) is something wrong." >&2
     exit 1
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ flags="$*"
 
 cross_suffix=""
 
-if [ "$(dirname $compiler_name)" != '.' ]; then
-    cross_suffix="$cross_suffix$(dirname $compiler_name)/"
+if [ "`dirname $compiler_name`" != '.' ]; then
+    cross_suffix="$cross_suffix`dirname $compiler_name`/"
 fi
 
-bn="$(basename $compiler_name)"
+bn=`basename $compiler_name`
 case "$bn" in
     *-*) cross_suffix="$cross_suffix${bn%-*}-"
 esac
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ fi
 
 # Do again
 {
-    data=$($compiler_name $flags -E ctest.c)
+    data="$($compiler_name $flags -E ctest.c)"
 } || {
     printf '%s\n' "C Compiler ($compiler_name) is something wrong." >&2
     exit 1
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fi
 
 have_msa=0
 if [ "$architecture" = "mips" ] || [ "$architecture" = "mips64" ]; then
-    tmpd=$(mktemp -d)
+    tmpd="$(mktemp -d)"
     tmpf="$tmpd/a.c"
     code='"addvi.b $w0, $w1, 1"'
     msa_flags='-mmsa -mfp64 -mload-store-pairs'
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ esac
 
 no_avx512=0
 if [ "$architecture" = "x86" ] || [ "$architecture" = "x86_64" ]; then
-    tmpd=$(mktemp -d)
+    tmpd=`mktemp -d`
     tmpf="$tmpd/a.c"
     code='"vbroadcastss -4 * 4(%rsi), %zmm2"'
     printf "#include <immintrin.h>\n\nint main(void){ __asm__ volatile(%s); }\n" "$code" >> "$tmpf"
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ fi
 c11_atomics=0
 case "$data" in
     *HAVE_C11*)
-        tmpd=$(mktemp -d)
+        tmpd=`mktemp -d`
         tmpf="$tmpd/a.c"
         printf "#include <stdatomic.h>\nint main(void){}\n" >> "$tmpf"
         args=' -c -o $tmpf.o $tmpf'
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ if [ "$compiler" = "GCC" ]; then
     case "$architecture" in x86|x86_64)
         no_avx2=0
         oldgcc=0
-        data=$($compiler_name -dumpversion)
+        data=`$compiler_name -dumpversion`
         case "$data" in *.*.*)
             data="${data%.*}"
         esac
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ if [ "$compiler" = "GCC" ]; then
     esac
 fi
 
-data="$($compiler_name $flags -S ctest1.c && grep globl ctest1.s | head -n 1 && rm -f ctest1.s)"
+data=`$compiler_name $flags -S ctest1.c && grep globl ctest1.s | head -n 1 && rm -f ctest1.s`
 
 need_fu=''
-if echo "$data" | grep -q 'globl[[:space:]][_\.]'; then
+if echo "$data" | grep 'globl[[:space:]][_\.]'; then
     need_fu="${data##*globl[[:space:]]}"
     need_fu="${need_fu%%[!_\.]*}"
 fi
@@ -281,18 +281,20 @@ linker_L=""
 linker_l=""
 linker_a=""
 
-link="$($compiler_name $flags -c ctest2.c -o ctest2.o 2>&1 && $compiler_name $flags $openmp -v ctest2.o -o ctest2 2>&1 && rm -f ctest2.o ctest2 ctest2.exe)"
+link=`$compiler_name $flags -c ctest2.c -o ctest2.o 2>&1 && $compiler_name $flags $openmp -v ctest2.o -o ctest2 2>&1 && rm -f ctest2.o ctest2 ctest2.exe`
 
-link="$(echo "$link" | sed 's/\-Y[[:space:]]P\,/\-Y/g')"
+link=`echo "$link" | sed 's/\-Y[[:space:]]P\,/\-Y/g'`
 
-flags="$(echo "$link" | tr '[:space:],\n' ' ')"
+
+flags=`echo $link | tr '[[:space:]],\n' ' '`
 
 # Strip trailing quotes
 old_flags="$flags"
 flags=''
+
+
 for flag in $old_flags; do
-    f="${flag#\"}"
-    f="${flag%\"}"
+    f=`echo "$flag" | tr '"' ' '`
     flags="$flags $f"
 done
 
@@ -329,14 +331,15 @@ done
 :> "$makefile" || exit 1
 :> "$config" || exit 1
 
+
 # print $data, "\n";
 
 {
     printf "OSNAME=%s\n" "$os"
     printf "ARCH=%s\n" "$architecture"
     printf "C_COMPILER=%s\n" "$compiler"
-    [ "$binformat" != "bin32" ] && printf "BINARY32=\n"
-    [ "$binformat" != "bin64" ] && printf "BINARY64=\n"
+    [ $binformat != bin32 ] && printf "BINARY32=\n"
+    [ $binformat != 'bin64' ] && printf "BINARY64=\n"
     [ "$binformat" = "bin32" ] && printf "BINARY32=1\n"
     [ "$binformat" = "bin64" ] && printf "BINARY64=1\n"
     [ -n "$need_fu" ] && printf 'FU=%s\n' "$need_fu"
@@ -348,14 +351,14 @@ done
         printf "HAVE_MSA=1\n"
         printf "MSA_FLAGS=%s\n" "$msa_flags"
     }
-    ! [ "$no_avx512" -eq 1 ] || printf "NO_AVX512=1\n"
-    ! [ "$no_avx2" -eq 1 ] || printf "NO_AVX2=1\n"
-    ! [ "$oldgcc" -eq 1 ] || printf "OLDGCC=1\n"
+    [ "$no_avx512" -eq 1 ] && printf "NO_AVX512=1\n"
+    [ "$no_avx2" -eq 1 ] && printf "NO_AVX2=1\n"
+    [ "$oldgcc" -eq 1 ] && printf "OLDGCC=1\n"
 } >> "$makefile"
 
-os="$(echo "$os" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'/ )"
-architecture="$(echo "$architecture" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' )"
-compiler="$(echo "$compiler" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' )"
+os=`echo "$os" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'/ `
+architecture=`echo "$architecture" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]' `
+compiler=`echo "$compiler" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]' `
 
 {
     printf "#define OS_%s\t1\n" "$os"
@@ -364,8 +367,8 @@ compiler="$(echo "$compiler" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' )"
     [ "$binformat" = "bin32" ] && printf "#define __32BIT__\t1\n"
     [ "$binformat" = "bin64" ] && printf "#define __64BIT__\t1\n"
     [ -n "$need_fu" ] && printf "#define FUNDERSCORE\t%s\n" "$need_fu"
-    ! [ "$have_msa" -eq 1 ] || printf "#define HAVE_MSA\t1\n"
-    ! [ "$c11_atomics" -eq 1 ] || printf "#define HAVE_C11\t1\n"
+    [ "$have_msa" -eq 1 ] && printf "#define HAVE_MSA\t1\n"
+    [ "$c11_atomics" -eq 1 ] && printf "#define HAVE_C11\t1\n"
 } >> "$config"
 
 
diff --git a/exports/gensymbol b/exports/gensymbol
index d973a57b8..816e088f6 100755
--- a/exports/gensymbol
+++ b/exports/gensymbol
@@ -3615,14 +3615,40 @@ lapack_embeded_underscore_objs_z="
     zlaunhr_col_getrfnp zlaunhr_col_getrfnp2 zunhr_col
 "
 
-dirname="$(dirname "$(dirname "$( cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )")")/lapack-netlib"
+dirname=`pwd`/lapack-netlib
 
-if [ "${13}" -eq 1 ]; then
+p1=$1
+p2=$2
+p3=$3
+p4=$4
+p5=$5
+p6=$6
+p7=$7
+p8=$8
+p9=$9
+shift
+p10=$9
+shift
+p11=$9
+shift
+p12=$9
+shift
+p13=$9
+shift
+p14=$9
+shift
+p15=$9
+shift
+p16=$9
+shift
+p17=$9
+
+if [ $p13 -eq 1 ]; then
 	blasobjs="$blasobjs $bfblasobjs"
 	cblasobjs="$cblasobjs $bfcblasobjs"
 fi
 
-if [ "${14}" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ $p14 -eq 1 ]; then
 	blasobjs="$blasobjs $blasobjss"
 	cblasobjs="$cblasobjs $cblasobjss"
 	lapackobjs="$lapackobjs $lapackobjss"
@@ -3635,11 +3661,11 @@ if [ "${14}" -eq 1 ]; then
 	lapackeobjs="$lapackeobjs $lapackeobjss"
 fi
 
-if [ "${15}" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ $p15 -eq 1 ]; then
 	blasobjs="$blasobjs $blasobjsd"
 	cblasobjs="$cblasobjs $cblasobjsd"
 	lapackobjs="$lapackobjs $lapackobjsd"
-    if [ "${14}" -eq 0 ]; then
+    if [ $p14 -eq 0 ]; then
 		lapackobjs2="$lapackobjs2 $lapackobjs2ds"
 	fi
 	lapackobjs2="$lapackobjs2 $lapackobjs2d $lapackobjs2dz"
@@ -3649,14 +3675,14 @@ if [ "${15}" -eq 1 ]; then
 	lapackeobjs="$lapackeobjs $lapackeobjsd"
 fi
 
-if [ "${16}" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ $p16 -eq 1 ]; then
 	blasobjs="$blasobjs $blasobjsc"
 	cblasobjs="$cblasobjs $cblasobjsc"
 	gemm3mobjs="$gemm3mobjs $gemm3mobjsc"
 	cblasgemm3mobjs="$cblasgemm3mobjs $cblasgemm3mobjsc"
 	lapackobjs="$lapackobjs $lapackobjsc"
 	lapackobjs2="$lapackobjs2 $lapackobjs2c $lapackobjs2zc"
-    if [ "${14}" -eq 0 ]; then
+    if [ $p14 -eq 0 ]; then
 		lapackobjs2="$lapackobjs2 $lapackobjs2sc"
 	fi
 	lapack_deprecated_objs="$lapack_deprecated_objs $lapack_deprecated_objsc"
@@ -3665,17 +3691,17 @@ if [ "${16}" -eq 1 ]; then
 	lapackeobjs="$lapackeobjs $lapackeobjsc"
 fi
 
-if [ "${17}" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ $p17 -eq 1 ]; then
 	blasobjs="$blasobjs $blasobjsz"
 	cblasobjs="$cblasobjs $cblasobjsz"
 	gemm3mobjs="$gemm3mobjs $gemm3mobjsz"
 	cblasgemm3mobjs="$cblasgemm3mobjs $cblasgemm3mobjsz"
 	lapackobjs="$lapackobjs $lapackobjsz"
 	lapackobjs2="$lapackobjs2 $lapackobjs2z"
-	if [ "${16}" -eq 0 ]; then
+	if [ $p16 -eq 0 ]; then
 		lapackobjs2="$lapackobjs2 $lapackobjs2zc"
 	fi
-	if [ "${15}" -eq 0 ]; then
+	if [ $p15 -eq 0 ]; then
 		lapackobjs2="$lapackobjs2 $lapackobjs2dz"
 	fi
 	lapack_deprecated_objs="$lapack_deprecated_objs $lapack_deprecated_objsz"
@@ -3684,14 +3710,14 @@ if [ "${17}" -eq 1 ]; then
 	lapackeobjs="$lapackeobjs $lapackeobjsz"
 fi
 
-if [ "$9" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ $p9 -eq 1 ]; then
     #ONLY_CBLAS=1
     underscore_objs="$misc_underscore_objs"
-elif [ "$6" -eq 1 ]; then
+elif [ $p6 -eq 1 ]; then
     #NO_LAPACK=1
     underscore_objs="$blasobjs $misc_underscore_objs"
 elif [ -d "$dirname" ]; then
-    if [ "$8" -eq 0 ]; then
+    if [ $p8 -eq 0 ]; then
         # NEED2UNDERSCORES=0
         # Don't need 2 underscores
         underscore_objs="$blasobjs $lapackobjs $lapackobjs2 $misc_underscore_objs $lapack_embeded_underscore_objs"
@@ -3701,7 +3727,7 @@ elif [ -d "$dirname" ]; then
         need_2underscore_objs="$lapack_embeded_underscore_objs"
     fi
 
-    if [ "${12}" -eq 1 ]; then
+    if [ $p12 -eq 1 ]; then
         #BUILD_LAPACK_DEPRECATED=1
         underscore_objs="$underscore_objs $lapack_deprecated_objs"
     fi
@@ -3709,25 +3735,25 @@ else
     underscore_objs="$blasobjs $lapackobjs $misc_underscore_objs"
 fi
 
-if [ "$9" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ $p9 -eq 1 ]; then
     # ONLY_CBLAS=1
     gemm3mobjs=''
     exblasobjs=''
 fi
 
-if [ "$4" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ $p4 -eq 1 ]; then
     underscore_objs="$underscore_objs $exblasobjs"
 fi
 
-case "$2" in
+case $p2 in
     x86_64|x86|ia64|MIPS)
         underscore_objs="$underscore_objs $gemm3mobjs"
     ;;
 esac
 
-if [ "$5" -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ $p5 -eq 0 ]; then
     no_underscore_objs="$cblasobjs $misc_no_underscore_objs"
-    case "$2" in
+    case $p2 in
         x86_64|x86|ia64|MIPS)
             no_underscore_objs="$no_underscore_objs $cblasgemm3mobjs"
         ;;
@@ -3737,8 +3763,8 @@ else
     no_underscore_objs="$misc_no_underscore_objs"
 fi
 
-if [ "$7" -ne 1 ]; then
-    if [ "${12}" -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ $p7 -ne 1 ]; then
+    if [ $p12 -eq 1 ]; then
         # BUILD_LAPACK_DEPRECATED=1
         no_underscore_objs="$no_underscore_objs $lapackeobjs $lapacke_deprecated_objs"
     else
@@ -3749,16 +3775,16 @@ fi
 hplobjs="daxpy dcopy dscal idamax dgemv dtrsv dger dgemm dtrsm"
 #hplobjs2="HPL_dlaswp00N HPL_dlaswp01N HPL_dlaswp01T"
 
-bu="$3"
+bu="$p3"
 
 if [ "$bu" = "0" ] || [ "$bu" = "1" ]; then
     bu=""
 fi
 
-symbolprefix="${10}"
-symbolsuffix="${11}"
+symbolprefix=$p10
+symbolsuffix=$p11
 
-case "$1" in
+case "$p1" in
     osx)
         underscore_objs="$underscore_objs $misc_common_objs"
         no_underscore_objs="$no_underscore_objs $misc_common_objs"
@@ -3839,45 +3865,45 @@ case "$1" in
         no_underscore_objs="$no_underscore_objs $misc_common_objs"
 
         for obj in $underscore_objs; do
-            uppercase="$(echo "$obj" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')"
+            uppercase=`echo "$obj" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'`
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s_ @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count + 1))
+            count=`expr $count + 1`
             printf '\t%s%s_%s=%s_ @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count + 1))
+#            count=$((count + 1))
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s_ @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$uppercase" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count + 1))
+#            count=$((count + 1))
         done
 
         for obj in $need_2underscore_objs; do
-            uppercase="$(echo "$obj" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')"
+            uppercase=`echo "$obj" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'`
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s__ @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s__%s=%s__ @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s__ @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$uppercase" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
         done
 
         for obj in $misc_common_objs; do
-            uppercase="$(echo "$obj" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')"
+            uppercase=`echo "$obj" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'`
             printf '\t%s%s_%s=%s_ @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s_ @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$uppercase" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
         done
 
         for obj in $no_underscore_objs; do
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s  @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
         done
     ;;
 
@@ -3885,16 +3911,16 @@ case "$1" in
         printf 'EXPORTS\n'
         count=1
         for obj in $hplobjs; do
-            uppercase="$(echo "$obj" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')"
+            uppercase=`echo "$obj" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'`
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s_  @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s_%s=%s_  @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s_  @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$uppercase" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
         done
     ;;
 
@@ -3904,36 +3930,37 @@ case "$1" in
         printf 'EXPORTS\n'
         count=1
         for obj in $underscore_objs; do
-            uppercase="$(echo "$obj" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')"
+            uppercase=`echo "$obj" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'`
             printf '\t%s%s%s = %s_\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s_%s = %s_\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s%s = %s_\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$uppercase" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s_%s = %s_\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$uppercase" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
         done
 
         for obj in $need_2underscore_objs; do
-            uppercase="$(echo "$obj" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')"
+            uppercase=`echo "$obj" | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'`
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s__  @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s__%s=%s__  @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$obj" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
             printf '\t%s%s%s=%s__  @%s\n' \
                 "$symbolprefix" "$uppercase" "$symbolsuffix" "$obj" "$count"
-            count=$((count+1))
+#            count=$((count+1))
         done
     ;;
 
     linktest)
+
         underscore_objs="$underscore_objs $misc_common_objs"
         no_underscore_objs="$no_underscore_objs $misc_common_objs"
 
diff --git a/f_check b/f_check
index efd1931eb..7be51e96f 100755
--- a/f_check
+++ b/f_check
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ compiler_bin="$1"
 # f77 is too ambiguous
 [ "$compiler" = "f77" ] && compiler=''
 
-path=$(split "$PATH" ':')
+path=`split "$PATH" ':'`
 
 if [ -z "$compiler" ]; then
 
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ else
         data="$(command -v "$compiler_bin" >/dev/null 2>&1)"
         vendor=""
     } && {
-    	data=$($compiler -O2 -S ftest.f > /dev/null 2>&1 && cat ftest.s && rm -f ftest.s)
+    	data=`$compiler -O2 -S ftest.f > /dev/null 2>&1 && cat ftest.s && rm -f ftest.s`
     	if [ -z "$data" ]; then
-    		data=$($compiler -O2 -S ftest.f > /dev/null 2>&1 && cat ftest.c && rm -f ftest.c)
+    		data=`$compiler -O2 -S ftest.f > /dev/null 2>&1 && cat ftest.c && rm -f ftest.c`
     	fi
 
         case "$data" in *zhoge_*) bu=_ ;; esac
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ else
         esac
 
     	# for embedded underscore name, e.g. zho_ge, it may append 2 underscores.
-    	data=$($compiler -O2 -S ftest3.f >/dev/null 2>&1 && cat ftest3.s && rm -f ftest3.s)
+    	data=`$compiler -O2 -S ftest3.f >/dev/null 2>&1 && cat ftest3.s && rm -f ftest3.s`
 
     	[ -z "$data" ] && {
-    		data=$($compiler -O2 -S ftest3.f >/dev/null 2>&1 && cat ftest3.c && rm -f ftest3.c)
+    		data=`$compiler -O2 -S ftest3.f >/dev/null 2>&1 && cat ftest3.c && rm -f ftest3.c`
     	}
 
     	case "$data" in *' zho_ge__'*) need2bu=1 ;; esac
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 {
-    data="$(command -v $compiler_bin >/dev/null 2>&1)"
+    data=`command -v $compiler_bin >/dev/null 2>&1`
 } && {
 
     binary=$BINARY
@@ -242,21 +242,21 @@ fi
     case "$binary" in
         32)
             {
-                link=$($compiler $openmp -m32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                link=`$compiler $openmp -m32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
             } || {
-                link=$($compiler $openmp -q32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                link=`$compiler $openmp -q32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
             } || {
                 # for AIX
-                link=$($compiler $openmp -maix32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                link=`$compiler $openmp -maix32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
             } || {
                 # for gfortran MIPS
-                mips_data=$($compiler_bin -E -dM - < /dev/null)
+                mips_data=`$compiler_bin -E -dM - < /dev/null`
                 case "$mips_data" in
                     *_MIPS_ISA_MIPS64*)
-                        link=$($compiler $openmp -mabi=n32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                        link=`$compiler $openmp -mabi=n32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
                         ;;
                     *)
-                        link=$($compiler $openmp -mabi=32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                        link=`$compiler $openmp -mabi=32 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
                         ;;
                 esac
             } || {
@@ -265,18 +265,18 @@ fi
             ;;
         64)
             {
-                link=$($compiler $openmp -m64 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                link=`$compiler $openmp -m64 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
             } || {
-                link=$($compiler $openmp -q64 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                link=`$compiler $openmp -q64 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
             } || {
                 # for AIX
-                link=$($compiler $openmp -maix64 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                link=`$compiler $openmp -maix64 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
             } || {
                 # for gfortran MIPS
-                link=$($compiler $openmp -mabi=64 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                link=`$compiler $openmp -mabi=64 -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
             } || {
                 # for nagfor
-                link=$($compiler $openmp -dryrun ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+                link=`$compiler $openmp -dryrun ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
             } || {
                 binary=''
             }
@@ -284,12 +284,12 @@ fi
     esac
 
     if [ -z "$binary" ]; then
-        link=$($compiler $openmp -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)
+        link=`$compiler $openmp -v ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
     fi
 }
 
 if [ "$vendor" = "NAG" ]; then
-    link="$($compiler $openmp -dryrun ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe)"
+    link=`$compiler $openmp -dryrun ftest2.f 2>&1 && rm -f a.out a.exe`
 fi
 linker_L=""
 linker_l=""
@@ -297,15 +297,15 @@ linker_a=""
 
 if [ -n "$link" ]; then
 
-    link="$(echo "$link" | sed 's/\-Y[[:space:]]P\,/\-Y/g')"
+    link=`echo "$link" | sed 's/\-Y[[:space:]]P\,/\-Y/g'`
 
-    link="$(echo "$link" | sed 's/\-R[[:space:]]*/\-rpath\%/g')"
+    link=`echo "$link" | sed 's/\-R[[:space:]]*/\-rpath\%/g'`
 
-    link="$(echo "$link" | sed 's/\-rpath[[:space:]]+/\-rpath\%/g')"
+    link=`echo "$link" | sed 's/\-rpath[[:space:]]+/\-rpath\%/g'`
 
-    link="$(echo "$link" | sed 's/\-rpath-link[[:space:]]+/\-rpath-link\%/g')"
+    link=`echo "$link" | sed 's/\-rpath-link[[:space:]]+/\-rpath-link\%/g'`
 
-    flags="$(echo "$link" | tr ',\n' ' ')"
+    flags=`echo "$link" | tr ',\n' ' '`
     # remove leading and trailing quotes from each flag.
     #@flags = map {s/^['"]|['"]$//g; $_} @flags;
 
@@ -330,12 +330,12 @@ if [ -n "$link" ]; then
         esac
 
     	case "$flag" in -rpath%*)
-    	    flag="$(echo "$flag" | sed 's/\%/\,/g')"
+    	    flag=`echo "$flag" | sed 's/\%/\,/g'`
     	    linker_L="$linker_L -Wl,$flag"
         esac
 
     	case "$flag" in -rpath-link%*)
-    	    flag="$(echo "$flag" | sed 's/\%/\,/g')"
+    	    flag=`echo "$flag" | sed 's/\%/\,/g'`
     	    linker_L="$linker_L -Wl,$flag"
     	    ;;
     	esac